Free Flints for Your Zippo!
Intro: Free Flints for Your Zippo!
ever hang out at a bar? know anyone that smokes? have friends who like to light fires for fun and recreation? ever light candles?
you probably know someone who uses a lighter for one reason or another. and most likely that lighter is a disposable butane lighter. there is a flint in every one of these lighters (not piezo electric) that is made to outlast the butane contained therein. why buy flints when you can reuse that spent lighter's flint in your zippo?
here's how to harvest the freebies!!!!
you probably know someone who uses a lighter for one reason or another. and most likely that lighter is a disposable butane lighter. there is a flint in every one of these lighters (not piezo electric) that is made to outlast the butane contained therein. why buy flints when you can reuse that spent lighter's flint in your zippo?
here's how to harvest the freebies!!!!
STEP 1: No Man Left Behind
people routinely leave 'dead' lighters at bars and in trash cans all over the world. if you can find one or get a friend to give you one, you have all you need to complete this instructable. i assume you have a zippo or you wouldn't be checking out this particular project.
STEP 2: Void the Warranty
take that lighter apart! you may void the warranty, but it's not functional and you didn't pay for it anyway. how much better can it get?
just get funky on it and pull off the flint wheel. a set of pliers will suffice. the rest is cake. just make sure when the spring pops out you keep your hands around it to catch the flint that will otherwise fly across the room.
once you have the flint out, put it in your zippo.
easy, huh?
free rhymes with me. . .
-pdub
just get funky on it and pull off the flint wheel. a set of pliers will suffice. the rest is cake. just make sure when the spring pops out you keep your hands around it to catch the flint that will otherwise fly across the room.
once you have the flint out, put it in your zippo.
easy, huh?
free rhymes with me. . .
-pdub
38 Comments
aonixk 9 years ago
DONT USE THE FLINTS FROM NORMAL CIGARETTE LIGHTERS!!! It will only work temporarily. They are harder than the flints made for Zippos, and will wear down the sparker wheel rather rapidly until it wont spark when spun, no matter how hard you try. I have had this happen to several Zippos. Sure, if you send it in to the factory, zippo will fix it for free, but its less work to just go to a gas (petrol) station or someplace and buy a pack of flints for like 75 cents and avoid damaging your zippo in the first place.
oilitright 8 years ago
I have also heard don't use flints from disposable lighters in a Zippo. I have one Zippo that I've had 30 years and still haven't had to send it for repairs. But I don't flick them open or rub the wheel on my pants leg to show off. A pack of Zippo flints is about $1.50 at my local smoke shop. I don't use Ronson flints or fluid always seemed to have better results with Zippo brand.
aebe 9 years ago
Excellent ! Am still going to look for how to make one though...........
aebe 9 years ago
Excellent ! Am still going to look for how to make one though...........
amando96 11 years ago
Redgerr 12 years ago
thanks for the idea -- cheers
Jupitane 14 years ago
Redgerr 12 years ago
pdub77 12 years ago
You are obtaining something you didn't pay for. Sounds pretty free to me. Take care.
Patented 14 years ago
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cybesystem 14 years ago
"PressbyrÄn"-lighters here in sweden (like $1 each, you can buy them at every station or major bus nexus over here) is perfect for the reckord. Works like a charm
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